Re: Comparative Engine Torque ratings Packard Vs Other Fine cars

Posted by 58L8134 On 2012/4/4 8:17:12

Hi Su8overdrive

"Father" 58L8134 here! Thanks for the torque specification additions you've researched, I'll add them to my list for reference. Thanks also for your realistic, well-reasoned assessment of how Packard's position deteriorated with settling management complacency.

Your statement ".....just being "better than" Buick, or sorta/maybe/almost as good as Cadillac, Chrysler wasn't what the car formerly known as the American Rolls-Royce was all about." is as succinct a statement of their decline as I've ever read, wished I'd written it myself!

I, too, can stand the brickbats should they be hurled my way, since they're just hard-won personal opinions after much study. Opposing viewpoints always considered as long as they're thoroughly reasoned and presented in a civil manner.

When the scales of idealism for a marque fall away, surprisingly, one's preference and respect for it actually deepens.

Steve